Winter Stations launches special late Spring showcase in Toronto's Distillery District

The seventh annual international design competition Winter Stations has launched its inaugural Spring Stations installations in Toronto. The temporary pavilions are now on public view in the city’s historic distillery district.  Established by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio, Winter Stations tasks participants with designing winter art installations that incorporate existing lifeguard towers across Toronto’s Kew and Woodbine beaches. The towers, which aren’t in use during the winter, must play a notable role in the design. The competition seeks to bring the public to Toronto’s beaches that are left deserted during the winter.  Due to the pandemic, organizers postponed the competition and its location was moved away from the shore. Keeping Winter Stations alive for this year, organizers partnered with the Distillery District, a pedestrian-only commercial and residential sector in downtown Toronto, to launch a first-of-its-kind Spring Stations program. This new edition brin...